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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Well Water.

The great majority of the people in
this country obtain their drinking
water from the moving sheet OF water
which lies at a greater or less depth.
beneath the surface of the earth, ana
for this purpose they use wells.
The questions as TO how far, ana
under what circumstances, well water
may be dangerously contaminated, and
how such contamination may be best
recognized when present, or be forseen
and guarded against, are therefore OF
constant interest. The Journal. OF the
Chemical Society contains paper by
Robert Warrington, entitled "A con-
tribution TO the Study Of Well Water"
which is of more than ordinary value
and interest. In that paper is given
the result of COL tinuous and system
attic examination OF the well waters or
Rothampsted, England, and of the con.
nection between the composition OH
rain, drainage and deep-well waters.
Taking a series of observations for sew
eral years it was found that the rain
contained in ], 000, 900 parts, an average
Of parts of chlorine, 0.6I part OF com
bined nitrogen, and 2.52 parts OF sui
phuric acid. BY drainage through
feet Of bare soil the quantity OF chic
rine is not increased, but the combined
nitrogen is increased about nine times
by oxidation or the organic matter III
the soil. The production Of nitrates
occurs chiefly ia the summer months,
and the first considerable drainage
which occurs after summer Will con-
tain the greatest proportion OF the
nitrates.
Nitrates being assimilated by plants
are generally absent in drainage from
land bearing an actively growing crop.
The proportion of chlorine in the pur-
est well at Harpenden is about eleven
per million, and it varies very little.
Wells in soil much contaminated by
sewage may show the commencement
of raise in the chlorides one or two
months after the active autumn drain
age begins, and two months before the
water-level in the well begins to rise.
Wells little liable to contamination show
rise in chloride later in the season.
When soil has been long contaminated
by sewage, and then fresh contamina-
ton ceases for a number of years, the
proportion of chlorides in the we'll
water may be considered higher than
normal, but it will remain nearly I'M
altered through the drainage season.
In contaminated well waters the pro-
portion of nitrates and chlorldes IN
creases first at al equal rate, but II
active drainage continues the proper
ton of nitrates greatly increases. The
sewage of a poorly-fed population
gives a high proportion of chlorides to
nitrates, while stable sewage causes
the reverse. The chloride contamina-
ton is more permanent than that by
nitrates. The probable average pro-
portion of nitrogen as nitrates III drain
age water from cultivated land is 3.S
per million.
The examinations of waters made by
Mr.. Warrington were almost entirely
chemical; the only exception was
series of experiments which indicate
that a nitrifying micro-organism is
contained in deep-well waters, but IN
very small proportions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
HISTOE

BRICKS were first used I'm England
by the Romans, and i'm 1925 Charles l..
liked their regular size.
AIR balloons were invented by Gus
mac, Jesuit, in 1929, and revived by
Montgoliier, in France, in 1888.
THE saucer now calling TO mind n
hollow dish i'm which tea-cup is
placed. was formerly used TO hold
cooked vegetables, or sauces" as they
were called.
THE cornerstone of the old Capitol
was laid by Gen. Washington, on the
18th of September, 1893. The build
ing was set on fire by the British in
the war of 1914, at the conclusion of
which it was rebuilt. The wings were
added in 1851, on July 4, the anniver-
sary of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
CHARLES the V. is said to have first
brought short hair into fashion, when,
afflicted with severe headaches, he had
his locks clipped as close as might be.
The Cavaliers more than ever cher
ished their flowing curls, distinguish
ing themselves markedly from their
OPPOhNhtos blC Il di WIN
shaved close, and earned the names of
Crop-ears and Round-heads.
AT Russell, in the year 1919, cats
formed part of an ochestra which per-
formed before Philip III. of Spain. A
bear was seated on a great car at the
figure of an organ, which, instead of
pipes, had twenty cats of different
notes and sizes shut up in small cages
with their tails out, and attached to
the register of the organ in such a
manner that when the bear pressed the
keys, the tails of the unlucky cats were
pulled, and the cats began to squeal.
THE famous Douglas family of Scot
land, owes the foundation of its fame
to James Douglas, surnamed The Good,
who commanded the left wing of
Bruce's army at Bannockburn, in 1914.
1t was digniiied by an earldom in the
latter half of the same century, mar
quisate in 1888, and obtained ducal
distinction with the third Marquis of
Douglas. The latter, however, was
the only bearer Of the ducal title which
became extinct on his death, in 1861.
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Co move. August, 1885. ne came 60 America, and
w,.n,n rev weexs se,eied IA onicsgo ne gos
board with William Seliger at No. 442 sedPwck
street. Seliger being also a carpenter ard an
anarchist Lingg joined the Moth side group
OF the lnternationals anarchist orgsnixa-
ton to which Seliger belonged. Ths n en- ers
OF this group we've known to each other by
numbers and not by name. Selieer was known
as "a" and was Financial Secretary. Tho
members met weekly and drilled with rifles.
ERgel, Fischer aud Neebs belonged To the same
group. Lingg at once became a leader In the
advocacy OF extreme measures.
Lingg spent his leisure time practicing the
manufacture OF bombs and shells. He melted
lead I'm a common dipper on the cooking stove
evenings and cast hells i'm mold He had prac-
ticed this business or months. closely 70 flowing
the instructions given in Mosts Me thods OF
Revolutionary Warfare"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
THE ANARCHISTS.

Gov OGIEsBY, in an interview with a cor
respondent at Springfield, Ill, said that
He was not affected by any suggestions of
expediency or public policy in arriving at the
Schw alb and Fielden. There was great strug-
gle in his mind upon this point, and il was no
easy task 70 arrive at a conclusion As to the
guilt OF all the condemned he was fully salts
fed. tut it was some Inc before he could sat
isfy himself that he would be doing the correct
thing in letting any OF the anarchists es-
cape the gallows, and when he had SO
decided tho question whether he had
done right. the personal appeals to
him cut very little figure in the con-
sideration Of the case. The Governor looked
upon Schwab poor, Woodworking for
iegner, without friends who was not identified
with the anarchist movement. He wrote what
ever his employers demanded OF him, and did
not express his own views or agitate Them
and what he did at the instance of
his employers was to earn his bread and but
ter. The good record Fielden had made with
his employers had great weight with the Gov
ernor in inducing him to extend clemency. The
evidence. TO his mind, showed that he was not
an anarchist at heart, was Industrious, ard
durin, working hours was attentive TO the
business of his employers. never neglecting
his work to disseminate anarchist doc
trines. He kept always at work. without
respect 20 the LANGUAGE or actions OF others,
never deserted his labor on account of strikes,
and never interfered with the work of other
employees. The Governor also took into con-
81 leration the fact that Fielden was actuated
more Dy tne applause ne received than by
any desire to spread the teachings of his
associates. Further, both men admitted
the error of their ways. begged for
mercy, and showed n repentant spirit. This
was much in their favor and the letters OF
Judge Gary and Mr., Grinnell added force to the
pleas of the condemned men. Without these
letters and the personal ploas OF the men the
Governor would not have been able to satisfy
himself that he would be justified in granting
the communication, but with them he thought il
might be right TO spare these two lives and still
the majesty OF the law and supremacy of tho
Government would be upheld.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
The Trainers and the Framing OF the
Constitution.

Prof. McMaster, the historian, con-
tributes an article TO the Century on
the "Framers and the Framing of the
Constitution" from which the follow
ing is quoted: 1.-THE delegates thus
bound to secrecy were assuredly
most remarkable body Of men. Hardly
one among them but had sat in some
famous assembly, had signed some IA
nous document, had filled some high
place, or had made himself conspicu-
Gus for learning, for scholarship, or
for signal services rendered in the
cause of liberty. One had framed the
Albany plan of union some had been
members of the Stamp Act Congress
of 1865; some had signed the Declare
ton of Rights in IVA: the names of
others appear at the foot of the Dec
laration of Independence, and at the
foot of the Articles Of Confederation;
two had been presidents of congress-;
seven had been, or were then, COVER
ners of states; twenty-eight had been
members of Congress; one had COM
manded the armies of the United
States; another had been superinten-
dent of finance; a third had repeat
edly been sent on important missions
to England and had long been minis
ter to France.
"Nor were the future careers of
many of them to be less interesting
than their past. Washington and
Madison became presidents of the
United States; Elbridge Gerry became
vice-president; Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney and Rufus King became cam
didates for the presidency, and Jared
Ingersoll, Rufus King and John
Langdon candidates for the vice-presi-
dency; Hamilton became secretary of
the treasury; Madison, secretary Of
state; Randolph, attorney general and
secretary of state, and James Nc
Henry secretary of war; Ellsworth
and Rutledge became chef Justices;
Wilson and John Blair rose to the>
supreme bench; Gouveneur Morris and
Ellsworth, and Charles G. Pinckney,
and Gerry and William Davis became
ministers abroad. Others less fortu-
nate closed their careers in misery or
in shame. Hamilton went down be-
fore the pistol Of Aaron Burr; Robert
Morris, after languishing in a debtors
prison, died in poverty; James Wilson
died broken-hearted fugitive from
justice; Edmund Randolph left the
cabinet of Washington in disgrace;
William Blount was driven from the
senate of the United States"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

ern Indiana and Illinois, wells have given out
and streams have dried up. so that in some
places people are compelled to 10 severa.
miles for drinking water.
On the complaint of the Bank Examiner,
Cashier C. c. Crecilius. of the suspended Fifth
National Bank of St Louis. has been ARE ted
on charges OF fraud and forgery. 1t is al
legged that fifty entries were found to have
been changed; that his reports to the bank
directors were false, and that he carried. with
out security, Ave firms for sums ranging
from $50 600 TO $500
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
LINGG'S SUICIDE.
The Fire-Eating Anarchist Elk
plodes a Decorating Cap in
His Mouth.
The Whole Lower Part of His
Face Torn Away-Seven
Hours Of Agony.
Sketch OF the Life OF the Most YeRge.
full and Desperate OF the
Anarchists.
IChicaeo special.

Chicago special
Louis Lingg. the maker Of the bomb that was
thrown at the Haymarket riot, created n ire
mendous sensation throu Shout the world by
committing suiche in his cell ut the county
Jail Thursday morning with "A dynamite cart
ridge. At :oj in the morning the current OF
daily business in the jail was hardly under
way. Lingg had not yet risen, but had been
awake and for some time reading by the light
OF a candle which stood or n SIN all table to the
RICH: OF his cot He had lighted the candle him
SELF although none OF the Jail o.Acias observed
had noticed the burning candle, and the only
idea il aroused In him WAS that Lingg was
awake.
Engelhardt glanced into the cell and seeing
Lingg reading, said, cheerly: How do you
feel this morning."
Pretty we'll" replied Lingg merely glancing
up md resuminQ his reading,
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THE LIFE OF THE BOMBMAKER.
His Hatred OF Society-Connection with
the Great Conspiracy.

Louis Lings was the youngest and the most
reckless OF the Chicago anarchists. For daring,
unbridled deviltry ne was without on equal. AZ
the time the bomb was thrown he was only a
lttle over ~ years old, and when he died was
barely %. He was a disciple OF Herr Most and
his blood IL ON the head OF his master.
Lingg was born at Mannheim. a city OF about
40 900 inhabitants, in the Grand Duchy of
Baden. Germany. His mother still runs mo-
ton store in that CITY, aud is said TO be very
well OF. Jingg was absolutely without fenr
He preached the use Of dynamite and was al
ways ready TO practice what he preached. In
his advocacy of force he was always far in adj
vance Of the other extreme anarchists OF Chi
caQo
Lingg was carpenter by trade. He joined
the socialists of Mannheim while he was but n
boy, and mt once becane esnthu siastio advocate
OF the d1ctrines OF John Most He was too ra1i al
for tho socialists and he soon founi more con-
genial company in n group OF Bakunin march
lists. It is said that he disiked moderate meas
uses much that he denounced his former
brethren, the socialists 9. TO tho auth rifles, and
thereby caused the arrest OF many who were dis
trfbuting incendiary literature. He was eventu-
ally obliged 20 leave his native city. and went TO
Switzerland. whore he continued his advocacy
OF anarchy and opposition to everything less ex-
treme The socialists denoanoed him as n spy
of tbs German Government, and he again had
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Colonel McCaull's Retort.

Col. John A.McCaull, the well-known
comic opera manager, was soldier in
the Confederate army. He has az
single answer for everyone who at
tempts to chaff him about the rebel
flag. "Confound your impudence, . he
says, "who made this country, any
wayp Where would the developed
greatness have been If we hadn't re-
belled? Who gave you fellows up
north chance to get rich and rob
each othery Who enabled Grant to
leave the tanners store? Who gave
Phil Sheridan chance? Wouldn't
Sherman still have been out on the
frontier mixing with the Indians but
for us? Why, gentlemen, we have
made you. You can't crow over u.s.
Chicago Herald.
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THE WESTERN STATES.

By the caving in Of railroad tunnel twelve
miles west Of Coshoction, Ohio, six men we're
killed and several others injured
JAMES WELLS, who was confined in the Jail
at Hillsdale, Mich, for killing John White,
committed suicide by hanging. He left his
property 10 the widow and children of his
victim
FRANK FULLER, who shot aud killed the late
Archbishop Segers, in Alaska, has been com
mitted TO jail at Sitka, TO await his trial for
murder
OWING to the protracted drought in South
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Brief kilograms.

Ina sermon preached in New York, last
Sunday, Rev. Robert Collyer expressed the
belief that the anarchists who were hanged in
Chicago had deserved their fate, and said that
the time lad come to adopt heroic meas
ures with anarchsm in America
CALL has been issued for convention TO
be held at Aberdeen, Dakota, on December IS,
for the purpose of petitioning Congress to
authorize the holding of convention to
franc constitution for State embracing
the whole Territory
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
TWO SAVED FROM DEATH.
Gov. Oglesby Preserves Two of
the Petitioning Anarchists
from the Gallows.
The Sentences OF Fielden and Schwab
COnimuted to Life I'M
prisOnment.
lSpringf,eld IN , snec,a,

Thursday was exciting one in Springfield.
Business was practically suspended Although
people did not gather in crowds the only sub
ject OF talk was the anarchist case and the
Governors decision. Louis Linggs suicide but
added TO the excitement At the State House
no business was done. State officers and clerks
left their desks to hang around the Governors
Office and wait for news from tue Executive
Mansion, where Gov. Ogfesby was at work ON
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fteen min u ties

Fifteen IN in u ties
later, at s :55 o'clock,
u clio I'D OF blue
sm oke rus Il o d.
through the grated
door OF Lingg's eel .
and u report about
as loud as the sim
ultaneous discharge
OF both barrels of u
3 h o Z & un ran 4
through the jail.
O'Neill, the deputy,
xwho WAS n prisoner
in his own cage, had
b e en- facing the
outer office. and at
the s h oc k rushed
against the graf
ing With the inn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Great Riot In London.

SERIOUS riot took place in London on Sun
day, the 18th inst, growing out of the order
OF Sir Charles Warren prohibiting public
meetings in Trafalgar Square. A crowd num-
bering 100000 people assembled in the vcin-
ity of the square, aud series of conflicts
with the police ensued About two hundred
people and forty policemen were injured and
fifty arrests were made.
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He met her in the hotel hallway. 1t
is not strange that for moment she
did not know which way to turn when
he said: Now if you'll coincide we'll
90 outside"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
An Anarchist Organ ON the Hanging.

THE ArJeiter Zetwng OF Chicago, of which
August Spies was for long time editor,
printed many editorials on the hanging Of the
anarchists, representing it as judicial muir
der, and describing in tho most pathetic Ian
guage the dead men and the alleged triumph
ant position of the capitalists Among other
bttor things. the anarchist organ says:
II mammon and selhshness have not vet eff
faced the last vestige OF conscience from their
souls, the pale faces of the murdered men will
appear to them i'll dreams sleeping and wax
ing their ghosts will pursue them terrible
avengers, their martyrs marks. the blood req
impression OF tho rope, will fasten itself to
their own necks and they will DO
pursued by oil the avenging angels which
only terror stricken Imagination bring
forth They will whine for mercy, for rest,
which they can only find il they wear the same
mark that they have impressed upon the four
hanged men, IL they have hanged themselves
or blown their reyengeful souls down their
own threats with dynamite, they made
Lingg do But il this ton does not
come, some retribution will come. There is
justice in history.
In another article the workinyme are call
cd upon not to desist from their work. The
war is on, il says, with a society suffering
with the cancer like that which is eating up
the throat of the German Crown Prince 1t
Gays that battle has been lost, and personal
courage does not avail alone, but prudence
and cunning must be received in their arsenal,
and organization of the unframed material of
working people is ne cessary
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

BETTER the enmity of those who as.
sail, than friendship of friends that
doth nothing avail.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
day of August, 1895, in Cook County Criminal
Court August Spies, Albert II. Parsons, Samuel
Fielden, Michael Sohwab. Adolph Fischer.
George Engel, and Louis Lingg were found
guilty by the verdict of the jury, and after
ward sentenced TO bo hanged for the murder
OF Matthias j. began. An appeal was taken
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
THE GOVERNORS DECISION.

Full Text Of the Document Granting Com
mutation tn Fieidcn and Schwab.
TIE following is the decision OF Governor
New-York tribune., 1887-05-15
A RIGHT SMART gEBRA SKA BOY.


81 want to tell you little story about my boy out in
Newbraskcy sadan old farmer III the smoking to the
party OF drummers who had been telling him pretty
tall yarns. MY boy is "a good deal ofa genius In his
way, emme tell yOu and none OF 'em gets ahead OF hi
TOthcr day nc riggCd UP kite. II the biggest kite
I'd ever eyes II about six feet wide an twice
as long, an on the top of IL my boy placed few green
branches which he'd cut from cottonwood tree.
WHAT'S them ferr inquired. = Never you mind dad,
says be i know, what I'm about. And, by gosh, he
did Ho flew that kite up IN the air an stood watchin
OF fer long tme when says to him; You'd better
pull that thing down, now, an get TO your work
'Iemme alone dad, he replied. ri git thar yet And,
by gosh, he did. The next time took look mt him he
was hauling In the kite line, with smile his face
as broad furrcr. When the kite down near the
ground saw what he snilin at, an IL was enough
to make body SMILE too. Any you feers want To guess
what on that ktef'
None OF the drummers wanted TO guess, and the old
man continued his story:
Wall sir a-sittn' the top o. that kite eleven o.
the pdrtest wild geese ye saw. Yes sir eleven on
EN- You see the geese fyin North purity thick an
my boy he got up this scheme to catch em. There
Amt many trees out our way an after fat goose has
been nyn purity steady all day Ee gets kind tired like
an looks around for place 20 sit down an rest That
Just what my boy was cOuntin' on when he built that
kite. BY ofcrin the place TO stop an rest an by
smearin the top o. the kite with tar so their feet would
stick fast they couldn't get away he did the business
BY gOahl but 10 fun To pull them geese III. Just as
fast could send the kite up and pull her down again
got from ten TO dozen geese an I'm takn 'em TO
Chicago TO sell None o. you smart story tellin
feers don't happen 10 know what Wild geese s wuth IN
the Chicago markes, do youf"
New-York tribune., 1887-05-15
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